Weddings are becoming bigger, more expensive and more exotic with each year. Many brides and grooms are waiting later in life to marry, after they have established a career and set aside a comfortable savings account and refuse to settle for plain vanilla weddings or wedding cakes. Everything from the colors to the dresses and of course, even the wedding cake has become very exotic. Remember the days when fancy wedding cakes came with a fountain? Today, the excitement in wedding cakes is much more likely to come from the flavors used in the cake than the actual decorations. Let’s take a stroll through a gallery of exotic wedding cakes
Mocha, cappuccino, espresso and latte cakes have become the rage in the last few years ever since a certain sitcom set the world on fire a decade ago and coffee houses became the place to hang out. Since then everyone has become hooked on flavored coffee, large coffee mugs and coffee flavored everything. If you are a true coffee connoisseur you might think of giving a coffee flavored wedding cake a try. It’s different, unique and your wedding guests are sure to love it!
If you like variety and think it’s the spice of life, think about having a different flavor for every tier of your wedding cake. Sound like too much? A lot of people are using this option and the wedding guests are raving over it. So, what flavors should you use? Well, really anything goes. Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, lemon-you name it! If you’re still wary, keep in mind that the only way you’ll be able to tell the difference is in the taste of each individual layer. The cake as a whole will appear uniform as each layer will be decorated the same-unless you want to be really bold and do a different design on each layer!
Do you and your friends love the taste of liqueur? A number of bakers and caterers are specializing in this type of wedding cake and it has proven to be a popular choice. Fruit and citrus flavored cakes have also taken center stage recently and if you feel like being really fruity you can always embellish and decorate your wedding cake with fruit-orange slices, strawberries, blueberries, cherries, raspberries and even lemon slices may a wonderful and unique wedding cake decoration.
Another idea in exotic wedding cakes that has taken the world of baking by storm are flowers. Any number of fresh flowers can be used to accent your cake and while some flowers are actually edible, in most cases you would want to make sure you remove the flower decorations before serving your exotic wedding cake to your guests.
If you’re still not sure an exotic wedding cake is right for you, consider scheduling an appointment with a local baker or caterer and asking them about their gallery of exotic wedding cakes. They will be all too happy to provide a taste test to help you choice among the many delicious flavors.
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